The Irish standard., 1887-09-24
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

THE WORLD At LARGE,
It Is said that Balfour receives many
threatening letters.
Trouble is feared in Mitchellstown at
O'Brien's trial to-day.
| The Presidents plans for his western
trip have been completed.
The bureau Of agriculture says the
apple crop will be very short.
Anarchist Parsons magnanimously
declares thgt he will not accept COM
mutation of sentence.
| The trial at Breslau Of 81 socialists,
including Deputy Kraker, of the reichs-
tag. is fixed for October 3.
Gladstone expects the British people
to condemn the Governments appro-
val of the acts of the police at Mitch
ellstown.
Ex-Minister r. 3. Washburn was
stricken with congestion of the brain
at Chicago, Wednesday, and is In pre-
carious condition.
During the festival which took place
at Rome, four bombs were thrown in
front of the Vatican, one Of which en-
tered the papal barracks,
Bush fires have been raging north of
| Quebec for the past week, and smoke
FROM them has become so dense that
navigation is almost impossible.
| AT the Baumgarten, resort in
Vienna, chemist last Wednesday night
shot his wife and two childen, and in-
mediately after committed suicide.
! Mr.. Waller, United States consul
general at London, is a passenger on
the steamer Britanc, which sailed from
Queenstown to-day for New Y ork.
The mayors or the French cities have
been again ordered to prepare lists of
all Germans in their districts. for the
use Of the Minister Of the Interior.
In the trial OF ex-Secretary of State
Will a. Strong at Baton Rouge, La,
for embezzling $4,000 of the State IS
money, the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty.
The Nile is still rising at Carlo, al
though the waters are falling at AS
sonan. Nashat Paslla reports that
the alleged damages have been exag
gerated.
! Drunken Hungarian strikers at
tackled and drove the workmen from
the Humboldt coliery at Hazelton, Pa,
Wednesday. Several were injured on
both sides.
Fire Thursday morning destroyed
the paper warehouse Of Dodler, Nudge
Il Co., Baltimore. The damage was es-
tiraated at $4,000, partly covered by
insurance.
! Bohpotok, Dacolt leader in Bur
/ NAH, recently led a band Of his fol-
lowers against q village on the eastern
bank of the IrrlWaddY river and plum
dered the place.
Mr.. Michael Davitt sailed from Lily
erpool for New York Oh the steamer
Brittanic Thursday. MIR. DaviGt says
his visit 10 America is of a private na-
! T,1r., and will ho short
l. fire in a fat at Brooklyn last
I! Wednesday night sufocated William
Geisswein, fatally burned Emma Drury
aged IL, and seriously burned Freder-
ick Siegel. The damage to property
was slight.
| An agreement has been entered into
between the United States and Spain
for the reciprocal and complete suspen-
sion Of all discriminating duties # ton
mage or imports in the United States
and that country.
The verdict in the inquest over the
victims Of the Theatre Royal iire at
Exeter, places the blame upon the ar
chitects OF the building, and also upon
the magistrates of the city for not CON-
pelling the proprietor Of the theatre to
provide proper exits.
At Cincinnati, Wednesday, George
Williams. colored, confessed that he. in
company with two other colored men
named Hood and Carroll, murdered and
robbed family of six persons near
Memphis, Tenn, in February last
The cigar makers convention at
Binghampton, ". Y, Thursday morn
ing refused permission to Union No.